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South Korean Popular Culture and North Korea. Edited by Youna Kim. New York: Routledge, 2019. 204 pp. $170.00 (Cloth).

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South Korean Popular Culture and North Korea. Edited by Youna Kim. New York: Routledge, 2019. 204 pp. $170.00 (Cloth).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2019

John Cussen*
Affiliation:
Edinboro University

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